by Miguel de Unamuno · Alianza Editorial Sa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420610276
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«San Manuel Bueno, mártir» is the short novel by Miguel de Unamuno, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Through the testimony of Ángela Carballino, the reader approaches don Manuel, a priest admired by his community who hides his doubts about faith and eternal life. The short novel raises questions about religion, truth, and the need for comfort, and the volume is completed with «Cómo se hace una novela», Unamuno's reflection on literary creation.
It belongs to the El libro de bolsillo collection, with a presentation by Paulino Garagorri.
For readers of Spanish literature and philosophy, with special interest in the Generation of '98.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".
